July 8, 2008

This Day in History

July 8, 951
Paris is founded
1776
Col. John Nixon gave the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence to a crowd gathered at Independence Square in Philadelphia.
1777
Vermont became the first colony to abolish slavery.
1835
Liberty Bell cracks, again
1881 -
The first ice cream sundae was served -- by accident. Druggist Edward Berner of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, couldn’t serve the desirable, but scandalous (not allowed on the Sabbath) flavored soda water that a customer wanted. Mr. Berner compromised and put ice cream in a dish and poured the syrup on top (chocolate syrup was only used for making flavored and ice-cream sodas, at the time). Voila! An ice cream Sunday! (The spelling was later changed to ‘sundae’).
1889
The Wall Street Journal began publication.
1950
General Douglas MacArthur was named commander-in-chief of the United Nations forces in Korea.
1958
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awarded the first official gold album. It was for the Oklahoma soundtrack.
1982 @ 8:45ish AM
The Greatest Red Head was Born
In St. George Utah




SO MAKE SURE YOU CELEBRATE THIS DAY!!!!!

4 comments:

Jen said...

Happy Birthday Stephanie!

LeeZ and WeeZ said...

The best red head I know!!! Happy Birthday sis! :)

Mandy said...

shoi hope you had an awesome bday!

Jenn Shields said...

holy moly - how am I so late! But 'this is your birthday song, it isn't very long - HEY!' You are the hottest red hed born..